25 Music Polls ( Software, Gear, Beats, Tips )

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1. Just like 9Th Wonder Says: “It’s the man, not the machine”.

   You can have 10 MPC with 1000 plugins and Protools all together, if you don’t master them, it’s worthless…

   You can be the next big hit with pratically any DAW in the market, including FL Studio. (which in my opinion is very professional).

   I’ve been using Reason for a while, but I still get some cool ideas from the fast pattern sequencer from FL :P

2. I think that people are going to learn to use it more tastefully.

3. haha i don’t listen to the radio…just letting you know..im sure theres still a million youtube rappers and unknown rappers that use it…its far from dead

4. Man, I didn’t really get fruit loops. Reasons is my number 2. But Maschine is my sh*t.

5. Reason / Record for now.

   I don’t see the hate for FL. The company, Image Line, is made up of some very kool people. They sent me a free copy when I was doing sounds. They keep making it better and better.

   I agree with the comments above, It’s the man, not the machine. You start mastering a program and you can do wonders with it, no matter which program you end up on.

   Don’t follow the crowd, follow what works for you personally. If that’s working with hardware, cool, if it’s working with FL, great! The proof is in the output.

   Kenfen

6. I know I need to step my game up and make more beats but I’m working on getting a new technique. It takes me longer to actually complete a track verses just laying down a bunch of ideas.

7. I guess, When you start it’s good to make a bunch of beats per week, because you’re practicing. But as you develop your skills and get better and better, and more serious about this, you come to a point that you’re more productive if you spend more time in 3-5 tracks per week and actually finish them, with all the mixing&mastering. And once you start to learn really how to mx&master you just want to spend more time adjusting those tracks so they sound better. Just sayin’…

8. im from the UK, and if ur making 1 or 2 beats a week then use this poll as motivation and not hate!, im averaging 2 a day and i work 2 full days a week..loving this tho, keep it up guys!

9. unless you are throwing together a bunch of sloppy-ass beats you should really only be making 2-3 a week, unless you’re a bum that doesn’t have a job or go to school. If you really know how to mix and master a track then you know the time you have to put in to get your sh*t sounding right

10. Honestly, I’d say I only do about 1 to 2 GOOD beats per week, and that’s all broken and bounced down.

    I will say that I lay out probably 30 to 40 ideas without question. Whether it’s a quick drum idea or a melody that strikes at any given moment, I’ll lay it out and revisit it later.

    I agree with you iLiveProductions – solid mixing can make a mediocre beat sound crazy, while garbage mixes can make a dope beat sound, well, not so dope.